An index to the wills and inventories now preserved in the Court of probate, at Chester (1879)
Author: Chester, Eng. (Diocese); Earwaker, J. P. (John Parsons), 1847-1895, ed; Great Britain. Court of Probate (Chester)
Volume: 2
Subject: Wills; Wills; Inventories of estates; Inventories of estates
Publisher: [Manchester] Printed for the Record Society
Language: English
Call number: DFU9411
Digitizing sponsor: Brigham Young University
Book contributor: Harold B. Lee Library
Collection: americana
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"The wills at Chester were originally proved in the Bishop's court there."-Introd. [v. 1] p. vi
Vol. 7 contains the report of the Record society for the year 1890/91
[v. 1] From A. D. 1545 to 1620; together with (1) A list of the transcripts of early wills, preserved in the Consistory court, Chester; (2) A list of the wills printed bu the Chetham society; (3) A list of the wills seen and noted by the Revs. J. and G. J. Piccope, and not now to be found at Chester; (4) A list of the wills preserved in Harl. ms. 1991 in the British museum.- [v. 2] From A. D. 1621 to 1650; with two appendices: (I) A list of the Lancashire and Chehire wills proved in the Prerogative court of Canterbury, 1650-1660; (II.) A list of the Lancashire and Cheshire administrations granted in the Prerogative court of Canterbury, 1650-1660.- [v.3-6] From A. D. 1660-1760; with appendices containing the list of the "infra" wills (or those in which the personalty was under £40)
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